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Ron Adler is president of Laurdan Associates, Inc., a management training company with a focus on helping companies avoid problems associated with illegal or otherwise improper talent management practices. Ron discuss the Employee Labor Law Audit (ELLA), a tool that allows companies to evaluate, identify, and proactively address human resource practices that could expose them to legal risk. He highlights the five major legal risk areas for companies and shares methods on how to guard against decisions and actions that could expose a company to costly litigation.

The current economic downturn is creating significant workforce reductions and growing unemployment rates. These factors increase both the opportunity and likelihood for employment litigation. Learn what you can do now to your talent management practices so you won’t end up paying for them later, this week on People Performance Radio.

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Anita Rosen is president of the online training company ReadyGo Inc. and author of multiple books on eCommerce including “eLearning 2.0: proven practices and emerging technologies to achieve results.” Anita provides a balanced overview of the strengths and limitation of eLearning methods. She discusses when it makes sense to move from in-person to web-based training, and shares tips on how to do it effectively. She describes the ideal length of eLearning courses, techniques to increase engagement of training participants, and how to make online training fun yet still keep it informative. She even tells us what make a podcast effective, but you will have to listen to find out if we meet the criteria!

If you use online training, design online training, or simply wonder whether this training works as well as more traditional training methods, then you will find Anita’s comments to be both practical and enlightening. An e-radio show about e-Learning, this week on People Performance Radio.

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Talya Bauer is the Cameron Professor of Management at Portland State University and the editor of the Journal of Management, one of the top research journals focused on studying effective management and leadership techniques. Professor Bauer shares insights from over 15 years of onboarding research studying how organizations can help new employees master the technical aspects of their jobs while also increasing their commitment toward the company as a whole. She provides a variety of examples of what leading edge companies do differently to increase the productivity and engagement of newly hired employees, and explains why these techniques work.

If you want to maximize the value of the people you hire then learn how from Professor Talya Bauer, a world expert in the topic of employee onboarding this week on People Performance Radio.

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Russell Klosk, HR Line of Business Director for RGS Associates is a talent management professional with extensive experience working with different branches of the federal government. Russell discusses actions and proposals being taken in the first 100 days of the new Executive and Legislative branches of the US Government that have major talent management implications. Learn how the Obama administration is seeking to change talent management within the government itself, and how legislation proposed by congress could fundamentally change what it means to be a full-time employee in the United States.

Whether you support or oppose the recent changes in the US government, you are likely to be affected by its actions. Find out how these actions may impact you and what you can do to influence them this week on People Performance Radio.